South Carolina Code 48-28-80. Landowners required to submit forest management plan and maintain land in forest condition
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-28-80
- Approved forest management plan: shall mean a forest management plan approved by the State Forester for an eligible landowner. See South Carolina Code 48-28-30
- Cost-sharing payment: shall mean financial assistance to partially cover the cost of implementing approved practices in such amounts as the State Forester shall determine, subject to the limitations of this chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-28-30
- Eligible landowner: shall mean a private individual, group, partnership, association, corporation or other legal entity which owns nonindustrial private forest lands capable of producing industrial wood crops. See South Carolina Code 48-28-30
- Eligible lands: shall mean land owned by an eligible landowner. See South Carolina Code 48-28-30
- Forest renewal fund: shall mean the special nonlapsing fund provided by § 48-28-100 established in the Commission designated as the forest renewal fund. See South Carolina Code 48-28-30
- State Forester: shall mean the director of the State Commission of Forestry. See South Carolina Code 48-28-30
The eligible landowner shall be required to submit an approved forest management plan to the State Forester and during tenure shall be required to maintain eligible lands in a forest condition for a period of ten years or until commercial harvest or the landowner shall be required to remit the cost-sharing payment back to the forest renewal fund.